If God is one, it means one thing, but if God is two it at least means a couple things, and if God is three then hold onto your hats! On the liturgical calendar of the church it’s Trinity Sunday and while we always acknowledge the three persons of the Trinity in our worship at some […]
Taizé chants + prayers + Scripture Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m. Live in-person from the stunning Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church, Winchester. As we welcome the return of the light and the coming Summer, please join us for a joyful and poignant service, featuring the ecumenical prayers and gorgeous musical chants of France’s […]
We have a special service on tap for this Sunday. The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is considered by many to be the birthday of the church and for this special occasion the choir, strings, and organ will be blessing us with Schubert’s Mass in G. Click here for more details about this beautiful work. We’ll […]
Our church has the rich tradition of lay people preaching during the summer. Do you have an experience of God’s presence in your life? Have you sensed God’s unexpected grace at work within you or others? What does Jesus mean in your life? Where does Love show up for you? You do not need to be […]
Please join us for worship on Sunday, May 19, either in the Sanctuary of our church or on live stream. In celebration of Pentecost, the music program will offer Franz Schubert’s lyrical, dramatic, and beautiful Mass in G with chorus, soloists, strings, and organ.
This year, Mother’s Day falls on Ascension Sunday. Moses’s birth in Exodus 1-2 and Jesus’s return to God post-resurrection in Acts 1 will be our spiritual guides. Both texts ask these questions of us: as people in the world and people of God, what endlessly draws us? Rev. Maeve will lead our service, as […]
This Sunday is the 6th Sunday of Eastertide, the first Sunday of the month and Annual Meeting Sunday. We’ve been invited as friends into the church by our friend Jesus to be in common purpose together as friends of one another. Friendship is at the heart of the church and another way to characterize our relationship […]
We are invited into the imagery of the grapevine this Sunday as we come to worship God and listen to Jesus in the Gospel of John paint a picture of what the disciples’ relationship with him and his with God is like. The vine, the branches, the pruning, the fruit, the wine all make for […]
This week, we get a little jazzy and celebrate Earth Day and all of God’s beloved human and non-human creatures in this Christ-soaked world! A talented jazz trio will cover Creation-themed hymns. Download the Bulletin Here: OOW 04-21-24 Creation Care_Jazz.docx
Join us for worship at 10am on Sunday as Eastertide flows into spring, as the dark nights grow lighter, as the cold recedes to warmth, as the rough ground breaks forth in delicate flower, and as stories of the resurrected Christ continue to teach us about Him and ourselves and the deeper meanings of our […]